A/N I don't own the Power rangers, characters or plot but anything that is unrecognisable does belong to me. Copyright goes to Saban©.
This story goes out to Fallingstar22 and Red Shadow Ranger.
Shift in Time.
Chapter 6 – Forgetting the Past
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After Tommy had rushed off after the battle with the Puppet Master, the other Rangers didn't see him for the rest of the day. He showed up the next day at the Juice Bar for his usual sparring session with Adam, but he seemed very distracted. Normally, Adam had a hard time keeping up with Tommy, but today he floored Tommy, twice, in the space of a few minutes.
"Hey, you okay, man? You seemed distracted today," asked Adam, looking down at Tommy, whom he'd just pinned for the third time.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Tommy answered, flipping himself upright. He gave his head a shake, and went back into a fighting stance.
After that, Tommy began to pay attention, and soon Adam found himself on the floor. The pair continued to spar for a while, then joined Rocky and the others at their usual table.
Maya and Kendrix were over on another mat, sparring with each other. The Yellow Ranger used her entire body, jumping around her opponent and twisting away from blows. Kendrix moved less, but her attacks and kicks were wide and sweeping. The guys watched them for a while, and when they had finished, Tommy came over.
"The offer's still open for me to give you some private lessons, if you want—although after watching you two fight, I think you can handle yourselves pretty well." Maya and Kendrix looked at Tommy, then each other, and shrugged. Kendrix gestured for Maya to go first.
Maya walked over to the mats, where Tommy had just been sparring with Adam, and took her usual fighting stance. Tommy walked around her, looking at her pose, and then he stood next to her.
"Okay, Maya, I want you to copy me," he told her, and took his starting stance. Maya obeyed, and he walked around her again, inspecting her. "Not bad, but you need to bend your knees a bit more. It'll help keep your balance." She did, and nodding, Tommy stopped in front of her. Kendrix watched, while Adam and Rocky started a conversation in the background. It sounded like it was about Tanya.
Tommy had clearly been paying attention during her sparring session with Kendrix, because he started with more advanced moves. Slowly, he walked her through some new moves, correcting her along the way. He was visibly pleased to see that Maya was a quick learner. After he finished showing her the moves, he turned to face her.
"Okay, you picked those moves up fairly quickly, show me what you've learned," he said, and stepped into a fighting stance in front of her.
Maya smiled, took up the stance he had shown her, and they began to spar. Tommy tried to punch her in the stomach, but she quickly blocked the blow with one arm, landing a punch of her own with the other. With a grunt, Tommy stumbled back and shook his head. Maya took advantage of this, and aimed a kick at his feet. As he jumped, she landed a solid blow to his chest that would have counted as a point in a competition.
Grinning, Maya straightened, and bowed as Tommy did, the lesson now over. They walked back to the table, and Rocky grinned at Tommy.
"What happened, man? First you get beaten by me, then the new girl?" Adam asked, elbowing Tommy.
"Hey, she's quick on her feet, and she caught me off-guard," Tommy retorted. "I just let you win, though." The others laughed, but were interrupted by the beeping of their communicators.
"Aw, man! It's like Divatox knows when we're having fun," complained Rocky. Tommy answered.
"Tommy here."
"Yo, Divatox has sent a monster called Penduglum to Earth, and he's tearing up the centre of town! You better get over there quick, before he destroys the whole place!"
"We're on it, Alpha," Tommy replied.
The five teens went into the back room of the Juice Bar, and checked to make sure the coast was clear. Quickly, the five teens fell in line, and Tommy made the call.
"Shift into Turbo!"
"Mountain Blaster Turbo Power!"
"Desert Thunder Turbo Power!"
"Dune Star Turbo Power!"
"Wind Chaser Turbo Power!"
"Red Lightning Turbo Power!"
When the Rangers arrived, they were faced with what appeared to be an oversized grandfather clock. It was made of metal, and inside the case they could see a pendulum swinging back and forth, as if keeping the time. In its hands, it held a sword which resembled a clock hand. Penduglum swung it over its head and charged at the Rangers.
The Rangers made to all attack the monster at once, but a large group of Piranhatrons appeared around it. The Turbo Rangers had to split up, leaving only Tommy within range to attack Penduglum. As Tommy dueled the creature, he kept glancing over at the Pink Ranger. A Piranhatron knocked her to the ground, and caught her by the arms.
"Kat!" He shouted, before remembering that she wasn't the Pink Ranger anymore. Nobody seemed to have heard him over the noise of the fight, luckily.
Tommy blocked all of Penduglum's attacks, and was starting to force it back. Suddenly, he froze, and the monster slashed at him rapidly, making his suit spark. When Tommy was able to move again, he fell to the ground, holding his stomach.
"Man, what happened?" He groaned.
Penduglum just laughed. He turned away, leaving Tommy to try and fail to get up, and began to do the same to the other Rangers. The next thing the Rangers knew they were all on the ground, weakened and suits smoking. Tommy looked around at the Rangers in disbelief.
"Guys, we need to retreat and try to find this monster's weakness from the Command Center," called Tommy, though he didn't sound happy about it. "Alpha?"
With that, the Rangers were teleported in five different coloured flashes. Once at the Command Center, the Rangers removed their helmets and looked around at each other. All of them favored injuries, and even had trouble staying on their feet.
"Okay, guys, that monster was really tough. Alpha, can you play the fight back? I want to see how he got all of us so quickly," Tommy said, limping over to the robot.
Alpha brought the fight up on the screen, and the five Rangers watched it, looking for any clues. Dimitria watched from her tube, not speaking a word.
"Wait—did you see that?" Maya exclaimed. "Alpha, you replay that last part." The other Rangers watched the screen closely.
"I don't see anything," said Rocky, "just Tommy getting his butt kicked—no offense, man." Tommy just shook his head, and Maya sighed in exasperation.
"Just before the monster attacked Tommy, he stopped his pendulum and froze Tommy for about…five seconds, I think."
Alpha slowed the tape down, and they watched it again. Now they all saw it. The monster could freeze time around him. It was Alpha who spoke next.
"Yo, yo, yo, I timed it: five seconds exactly. But why were the rest of youse guys not affected by the time freeze?"
"Well my guess would be that you have to be close to the monster for it to freeze you," suggested Kendrix. Then she grinned. "I think if we can keep our distance, we won't be affected by the spell."
"Okay, Rangers, we use our weapons and keep our distance from Penduglum," said Tommy. The rangers put their helmets back on, and teleported back to Penduglum. He'd started smashing up a fountain, and jumped as they arrived.
"Oh, back for more, Rangers?" Penduglum sneered. He started towards the Rangers, twirling his clock hand weapon, but they quickly darted around him and regrouped on the far side of the plaza.
"Turbo Robotic Arsenal Mobilizer! Turbo Lightning Sword!"
"Turbo Hand Blasters!"
"Turbo Thunder Cannon!"
"Turbo Star Chargers!"
"Turbo Wind Fire!"
"Turbo Ram Cannon Mode!" Called all the Rangers together, assembling the weapon and aiming it at Penduglum. "Fire!"
The monster exploded, but the Rangers knew from experience that this fight was not over yet. The monster grew to an enormous size, and stabbed at them, cracking the pavement with the tip of his clock hand.
"We need Turbo Megazord power, now!" called the Rangers.
With that command, their five cars appeared, and the Rangers formed the Megazord. Again they did their best to keep their distance from the monster, but in Zord size it was harder to maintain a safe distance. The next thing they knew, the controls froze, and Penduglum used the time to hack at the Zord's chest and head. The alarms screamed as he did his damage. As soon as the Rangers could move again, Tommy backed them out of the creature's range.
"Turbo Headlights Blaster!" He shouted, as Penduglum hurried towards them. Mountain Blaster's chest plate began to glow, and a white beam of light shot out of the headlights. Before Penduglum could freeze time again, the laser ripped through him, and he exploded into thousands of pieces.
"Alright!" Shouted Rocky. "I guess his time just ran out!" The other Rangers laughed at his lame pun.
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Kendrix was in the Power Chamber, looking at printouts of wormhole images and staying clear of the computers. She was not in the mood for a fight with Alpha 6 again. Maya stood in a different part of the Power Chamber, talking with Dimitria and trying to find out if there had been any negative effects from the wormhole back on Mirinoi.
Alpha watched Kendrix for a minute. The Pink Ranger sighed and pulled off her glasses, rubbing her eyes with one hand. The paper beside her was covered with scribbled notes, with many question marks spaced through them. He walked over to her, and Kendrix looked up at him.
"Yo, Kendrix, you can use the Power Chamber computers on one condition: you only use them for your scans of that wormhole and analysing any data you find. Nothin' else, or you can't use them at all." Her face lighting up with a grin, Kendrix sprang up and hugged the robot tightly.
"Oh, thank you, Alpha! Now things will be so much easier!"
Kendrix darted over to the nearest panel, and began to enter the data she already had. Then she set the computer to run a more detailed scan of the wormhole, and the surrounding area. Alpha still followed her around checking everything that she did, and getting in her way more than once. Kendrix grew visibly more tired, though less irritated than before. Finally, she turned off the computers.
"Hey, Maya, I'm going to head back to our hotel. I'll finish this job tomorrow when I'm less tired."
"Okay," said Maya, "I'll come with you."
The two girls teleported out of the Power Chamber to a quiet spot near their hotel. Once back up in their room, Kendrix went into the bathroom to change into her PJ's. But as she pulled off her glasses, she was overcome by a wave of exhaustion. She started to fall, caught herself of the sink, and knocked over the glass dish. It shattered on the floor.
Maya rushed in to see Kendrix clutching the sink, and caught her by the arms.
"Kendrix, you okay?" Maya asked, her voice filled with concern.
"Yeah I think so," Kendrix replied, though she didn't sound at all sure.
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A/N I normally don't do these but I want to let all my readers know that this chapter might be the last one for a while. A family member is coming to visit on the 26th of this month and she is staying two weeks with me and my family so I will not have the time to write anything .I am going to try and get one more chapter up before she arrives but I have other things I need to do as well so I might not be able to get one done in time. I promise that I will be back asap and get the next chapter up.